David Dobkin

Brad Pitt plays a steely tank commander in writer-director David Ayer's World War II thriller, which is a departure from the "Training Day" / "End of Watch" screenwriter's usual Los Angeles crime stories. Though no less violent and macho than Ayer's previous work, "Fury" is a lot less cynical, focusing on small acts of heroism in the waning days of the war without denying the dehumanizing brutality of combat. Aside from its 134-minute length, the movie is a throwback to the tough, lean war pictures of Sam Peckinpah that looked to tell a good story with colorful characters...

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Fury
Sony, $30.99; Blu-ray, $34.99
Available on VOD on Tuesday
Brad Pitt plays a steely tank commander in writer-director David Ayer's World War II thriller, which is a departure from the "Training Day" / "End of Watch" screenwriter's usual Los Angeles...

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With the courtroom and family drama "The Judge," which stars Robert Downey ...

There are worse descriptions, as actor typecasting goes, than "wisecracking superhero."
Then again, if you're Robert Downey Jr. and colorful descriptions are what you trade in, it could start to feel a little bit limiting.
The wheel turns quickly in...